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Xavier Becerra

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 26, 1958 in Sacramento, CA

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1980, J.D., 1984

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to CA Senator Art Torres, 1986
  • Deputy CA Attorney General, 1987-1990

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1990-1992
  • CA Attorney General, 2017-2021


Election Results for Xavier Becerra


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 34 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 10,417 31.8%
1992 34 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 48,800 58.4%
1994 36 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 18,790 81.5%
1994 36 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 43,943 66.2%
1996 38 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 21,130 100.0%
1996 38 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 58,283 72.3%
1998 40 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 38,925 100.0%
1998 40 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 58,230 81.2%
2000 42 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 53,145 100.0%
2000 42 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 83,223 83.3%
2002 44 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 24,231 100.0%
2002 44 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 54,469 81.0%
2004 46 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 26,308 89.4%
2004 46 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 89,363 80.2%
2006 48 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 26,904 89.3%
2006 48 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 64,952 100.0%
2008 50 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 18,127 100.0%
2008 50 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 110,955 100.0%
2010 52 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 20,550 88.0%
2010 52 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 76,363 83.8%
2012 54 CA D U.S. House District 34 Open Primary 1 27,939 77.3%
2012 54 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 120,367 85.6%
2014 56 CA D U.S. House District 34 Open Primary 1 22,878 73.8%
2014 56 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 44,697 72.5%
2016 58 CA D U.S. House District 34 Open Primary 1 71,982 77.6%
2016 58 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 122,842 77.2%
2018 60 CA D Attorney General Open Primary 1 3,024,611 45.8%
2018 60 CA D Attorney General General 1 7,790,743 63.6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Xavier Becerra


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1993 35 House 9 86 91 1 D 71 23 93 95 4
1994 36 House 11 72 88 2 D 73 21 89 100 0
1995 37 House 4 84 83 2 D 79 8 85 94 10
1996 38 House 8 84 88 2 D 71 14 91 94 0
1997 39 House 5 93 93 1 D 80 13 93 100 0
1998 40 House 7 88 90 1 D 82 11 92 100 0
1999 41 House 92 3 D 74 17 92 100 0
2000 42 House 85 4 D 82 8 87 95 8
2001 43 House 89 2 R 26 67 85 94 0
2002 44 House 97 0 R 21 75 92 100 0
2003 45 House 94 1 R 16 80 92 95 12
2004 46 House 97 1 R 21 76 94 100 0
2005 47 House 95 1 R 15 83 93 100 0
2006 48 House 96 1 R 18 76 95 100 4
2007 49 House 96 1 R 3 93 96 95 0
2008 50 House 98 1 R 12 88 97 100 8
2009 51 House 95 0 D 96 0 96 100 4
2010 52 House 96 2 D 90 10 96 95 0
2011 53 House 95 3 D 86 12 97 90 4
2012 54 House 95 1 D 86 10 95 100 0
2013 55 House 95 1 D 88 9 97 95 12
2014 56 House 95 0 D 91 8 96 95 8
2015 57 House 94 1 D 87 8 95 100 8
2016 58 House 94 1 D 96 4 93 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.